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Embody Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035597
MRDS ID M023447
Record type Site
Current site name Embody Mine
Alternate or previous names Althea
Related records 10261230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.32921, 34.60057 (WGS84)
Elevation 811
Relative position 0.2 MI. E. ORO GRANDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victorville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 004W 17,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS DISSEMINATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.32921, 34.60057
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • ALL WORK PRIOR TO 1890

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P.

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, H.C., 1916, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 15, P. 812-813

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN-ORE SHOOT LIMITS NOT WELL DEFINED. EST. THICKNESS OF GOLD-BEARING ZONE OF 6-20 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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